A Night on the Town (Rod Stewart album)

A Night on the Town is Rod Stewart's seventh album, released in 1976. The cover art is based on Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting Bal du moulin de la Galette, with Stewart inserted in the centre in period costume. On 30 June 2009, Rhino reissued the album as a two-disc CD with bonus tracks. A Night on the Town was Stewart's last UK number-one studio album until Time in 2013.

A Night on the Town
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released	18 June 1976
Recorded	December 1975–April 1976
Studio	Cherokee, Los Angeles Muscle Shoals, Sheffield Criteria, Miami Caribou Ranch, Nederland
Genre	Rock
Length	41:19
Label	Riva, Warner Bros.
Producer	Tom Dowd
Rod Stewart chronology
Atlantic Crossing (1975) A Night on the Town (1976) Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977)
Singles from A Night on the Town
"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Released: May 1976 (UK) "The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" Released: August 1976 (UK) "The First Cut Is the Deepest / I Don't Want To Talk About It" Released: April 1977

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[2]
Rolling Stone	(favourable)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

The album is regarded as one of Stewart's finest. "The Killing of Georgie" is one of Stewart's most hard-hitting sets of lyrics, a melancholic tale of a gay friend who is cast out by his family and becomes a sensation in the New York nightlife, only to be murdered by a New Jersey gang during an attempted robbery. Controversial "Tonight's the Night" was a No. 1 hit but was banned by some radio stations due to the very obvious lyrics about sex and loss of virginity. A cover of Cat Stevens' "The First Cut Is the Deepest" was also a success and has since become one of Stewart's signature songs.

Track listing

Original release

Side one – Slow Side

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"	Rod Stewart	3:54
2.	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	Cat Stevens	4:31
3.	"Fool for You"	Stewart	3:49
4.	"The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)"	Stewart	6:28

Side two – Fast Side

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Balltrap"	Stewart	4:37
2.	"Pretty Flamingo"	Mark Barkan	3:27
3.	"Big Bayou"	Gib Guilbeau	3:54
4.	"The Wild Side of Life"	Arlie Carter, William Warren	5:09
5.	"Trade Winds"	Ralph MacDonald, William Salter	5:16

2009 re-release

Disc One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"	3:56
2.	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	4:28
3.	"Fool for You"	3:47
4.	"The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)"	6:22
5.	"The Balltrap"	4:41
6.	"Pretty Flamingo"	3:32
7.	"Big Bayou"	3:55
8.	"The Wild Side of Life"	5:10
9.	"Trade Winds"	5:28
10.	"Rosie"	3:50

Disc Two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Share" (Studio Outtake)	4:19
2.	"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (Early version)	3:51
3.	"The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Early version)	3:48
4.	"Fool for You" (Early version)	3:40
5.	"The Killing of Georgie (Part I)" (Early version)	4:22
6.	"The Balltrap" (Early version)	4:40
7.	"Pretty Flamingo" (Early version)	3:26
8.	"Big Bayou" (Early version)	4:13
9.	"The Wild Side of Life" (Early version)	4:47
10.	"Trade Winds" (Early version)	4:44
11.	"Rosie" (Early version)	4:21
12.	"Get Back" (From the soundtrack All This and World War II)	4:05
13.	"The Killing Of Georgie [Part II]" ([Alternate Vocals])
14.	"Tonight's The Night [Gonna Be Alright]" ([Spoken Excerpt])

Personnel

• Rod Stewart – vocals
• Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bob Glaub, David Hood, Willie Weeks, Lee Sklar – bass guitar
• Steve Cropper, Billy Peek, Joe Walsh, Jesse Ed Davis, David Lindley, Fred Tackett, Pete Carr – guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis, David Foster, Barry Beckett, J. Smith – keyboards
• Roger Hawkins, Andy Newmark, Al Jackson Jr., Rick Shlosser – drums
• Tommy Vig, Joe Lala – percussion
• Jimmy Horowitz, Mel Lewis, Arif Mardin – string arrangements
• Tower of Power horn section – French horn
• Jerry Jumonville, Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 1 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5] 1 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 32 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[11] 1 US Billboard 200[12] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Position Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)[13] 2 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[14] 11 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 46 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 2 UK Albums (OCC)[17] 5 Chart (1977) Position Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)[18] 14 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[19] 3 US Billboard 200[20] 31

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[21]	6× Platinum	420,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[22]	2× Platinum	200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[23]	Gold	50,000[24]
United Kingdom (BPI)[25]	Platinum	1,000,000[26]
United States (RIAA)[27]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.